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Welcome to Gabe ...

Gabe is located in Green County<1>.

While we don't have a date for the founding of Gabe, you might consider that their post office opened in 1898.

Gabe is 770 feet [235 m] above sea level.<2>.

Time Zone: Gabe lies in the Central Time Zone (CST/CDT) and observes daylight saving time

Note: If you travel east from Gabe (for example, toward Campbellsville), you will soon leave Central Time and cross into the Eastern Time Zone (EST/EDT).

Area Codes for Gabe: 270 & 364<3>

Communities Also Named Gabe ...

Using our Gazetteer, we found that there are 3 communities that are also named Gabe - they are located in Oklahoma, Tennessee and Virginia.

For more information, see our Tidbits & Trivia Page for Gabe.

Communities near Gabe ...

We have created a list of 10 communities that are near Gabe.

To Help With Your Genealogy Research ...

We have a couple of sections for those tracing their genealogy.

We created a list of cemeteries that are in the area around Gabe. Our list includes the location of those cemeteries and we provide an overhead view. See our Cemetery List for Gabe.

Using the information from an 1895 Atlas, we've created a list of communities that were in the area of Gabe. Our list includes information such as whether the 1895 community had a post office or railroad service. See our List of 1890's Communities around Gabe.

We also have a detailed list of newspapers that have been published in the area around Gabe. See our Newspapers Page for Gabe.

TripAdvisor Tourism Pages for Gabe ...

Looking for more information about Gabe? A wonderful source is the TripAdvisor website. We always start with the TripAdvisor Tourism page, where you can read an overview with links that will help you find lodging, restaurants and attractions.

While we are unaware of a Tourism page that is specific to Gabe, there are neighboring communities that do have Tourism pages. A map of those communities can be found with our TripAdvisor Page for Gabe.

Adding Gabe to Our Gazetteer ...

We originally found mention of Gabe in both the FIPS-55 and the GNIS. For more information, see the FIPS and GNIS Codes sections on our Miscellaneous Page.

From our notes, the earliest published mention we've found (so far) for Gabe was in the document titled List of Post Offices from Cameron Blevins and Richard Helbock.<5>

From that list, the Gabe post office opened in 1898. The Gabe post office closed in 1957.

For more details, see References and Mentions for Gabe.

Footnotes ...

<1>If you're interested in how the shape of Kentucky's counties, including Green, have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
<2>The elevation is an estimate for the area around Gabe - it will be higher in some places and lower in others.
<3>When there's a risk of an area code running out of phone numbers, an 'Overlay Area Code' is created that has the same geographic boundaries as the existing area code. In this case, the 270 code has been Overlayed with the 364 area code. New phone numbers in the Gabe area will be assigned with one of these codes: 270 or 364. As a result, placing a call in the Gabe area will require 10-digit dialing (where you enter both the area code and then the phone number).
<4>While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program.
<5>A copy of the Blevins & Helbock Post Office list with background information can be found at:

      https://cblevins.github.io/us-post-offices/data-biography/